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Nine NYC Bike-Ped Projects Get Federal Funds From State DOT

By Stephen Miller | Nov 14, 2014 | 6 Comments

Nine bicycle and pedestrian projects in New York City are receiving federal funds distributed through New York State DOT, according to an announcement late last month by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The projects range from pedestrian safety fixes on streets near busy expressways to upgraded plazas and greenways. The New York City awards are: South Bronx […]

Livable Streets Progress in Albany Will Have to Go Through a GOP Senate

By Stephen Miller | Nov 5, 2014 | 6 Comments

Andrew Cuomo may have won re-election, but New York was no exception to the national Republican wave in yesterday’s elections. The GOP regained control of the State Senate, weakening its bond with the Independent Democratic Conference and keeping mainline Democrats in the minority. With last night’s results, the landscape for transit and livable streets legislation […]

It’s Cuomo vs. Transit Experts on MTA Funding

By Stephen Miller | Oct 8, 2014 | 54 Comments

Yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo called the region’s transit investment plan “bloated” and rejected calls for new revenue. Today, MTA Chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast, speaking at a forum on best practices in regional transit governance, hammered home the need for elected officials to find new money to fill the half-funded capital plan’s $15 billion gap. “This is […]

MTA: We’re Not Counting on Albany to Help Pay for Capital Program

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2014 | 9 Comments

The City Council transportation committee today passed bills to lower the city’s speed limit and give hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers a transit-related tax benefit. But most of this afternoon’s hearing was dedicated to the next MTA capital plan. Here are the highlights. In a joint vote, the committee unanimously approved a bill to […]

Where Is Andrew Cuomo’s Climate Plan?

By Ben Fried | Sep 24, 2014 | 12 Comments

Mayor Bill de Blasio was one of the estimated 400,000 people marching in Manhattan Sunday to urge world leaders to avert catastrophic climate change before it’s too late. And he backed it up by having his administration commit to reducing New York City’s carbon emissions 80 percent from 2005 levels by 2050. Andrew Cuomo, meanwhile, […]

EPA Rejects Cuomo’s Clean Water Money Grab for Highway Bridge

By Stephen Miller | Sep 16, 2014 | 17 Comments

This morning, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected the $510.9 million federal loan New York state had requested from a clean water program to pay for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project. Only $29 million worth of TZB work is eligible for clean water money, the EPA’s regional office ruled, averting a dangerous precedent that could have […]

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